Hanne Blank Quotes
We don't just want what we want because we want it; we want what we want because that's what we've learned to want.
Quotes to Explore
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For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom.
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I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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Digital India is the only way for citizen empowerment, which can bring government transparency and accountability to citizens.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.
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I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that's allowed... so you film reactions; you don't create them.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
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I just want to be at peace with myself, personally and professionally. I want to lead my life the way I want to without having to worry about what the other person may be thinking. Professionally again, I would like to be able to just do films that I want to without having to explain my reasons to my friends, family and fans.
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I don't know, if somebody doesn't tell me how would I know?
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It's inspiring for me to know that you've got to step up your game.
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Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.
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I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.
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Tiles, the best furniture, fabrics, bath fixtures, bronze - just leaf through any design magazine and you immediately understand they're all 'Made in Italy.' We have the premier opera house in the world, La Scala, and behind the Nobel given to CERN is the research of many Italians.
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In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.
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I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.
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Beauty is a fragile gift.
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Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.
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I've had watermelon hair where I had pink with green tips. From the age of 13 to about 19 or 20, I never had my real hair color.
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A vile and overbearing temper becomes sometimes, in one long accustomed to the exercise of power, unendurable to those who are subject to its humors.
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We don't just want what we want because we want it; we want what we want because that's what we've learned to want.
